Someone on /. mentioned Microsoft was the largest company in the world and a bunch of people jumped all over that, berating him and saying that Microsoft was nowhere near the largest. Oh, I guess they’re right, seeing as they’re only #3 in market cap:
| Company Name | Ticker | * Market Cap $  |
Last Close |
52wk Range |
* Shares Outst. |
General Electric Company
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GE | 302,360.10 | 30.00 | 34.57-26.90 | 10,078.67 |
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Exxon Mobil Corporation
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XOM | 282,857.16 | 43.25 | 44.24-34.90 | 6,540.05 |
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Microsoft Corporation
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MSFT | 278,287.11 | 25.78 | 30.00-23.60 | 10,794.69 |
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Pfizer Inc.
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PFE | 277,247.18 | 36.36 | 38.89-29.43 | 7,625.06 |
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It is interesting comparing the tear sheets on these companies. Damn is it profitable being evil doing good business.
Also, admittedly, Walmart simply dwarfs everyone else w/ an employee count of 1.4M (of course, most being part-timers being paid close to minimum wage)